Most yellow cards in Eredivisie

In May 2010, Patrick Pothuizen of NEC Nijmegen got his 84th yellow card, setting a new record. Jean-Paul de Jong was the man getting his named erased out of the history books. Pothuizen was also the first player to get a yellow in the new Dutch third division, Topklasse.

Most Eredivisie goals in one game by a player

The most Eredivisie goals in one game was scored by Afonso Alves, 7 strikes against Heracles on 7 October 2007, playing in the shirt of Heerenveen.

Youngest Eredivisie referee

The youngest Eredivisie referee of all time is Serdar Gözübüyük, born 29 October 1985 in Haarlem.On May 2, 2010, Serdar made his debut at the age of 24. With that, he became the youngest referee ever in the highest league of Dutch football. In 2012 he became the youngest Dutch referee to be used in continental competitions.In his first full season, 2011-12, he also managed to win the award as the best referee in the Eredivisie.

Youngest Eredivisie hattrick scorer

Earlier this autumn, Jürgen Locadia scored three goals as his PSV won against VVV Venlo. Relevant information includes that it was his first league appearance, that he scored his goals within 18 minutes, and that he came on as a sub with circa twenty minutes to go.

At the age of 18 years and 328 days, he is also one of the youngest to score a hattrick in the Eredivisie. But the record remains in the hand of Collins John.

The young Twente-forward, later playing in clubs such as Fulham and making a couple of caps for the Dutch national team, scored three goals in 2003 at the age of 18 years and 2 days.

Youngest Eredivisie player

Wim Kras of Volendam made his Eredivisie debut at age 15 years and 290 days and became the youngest ever Eredivisie player. The record of the attacking midfielder, who spent his whole career at Volendam, seems to be permanent. In 2008, Utrecht manager Willem van Hanegem tried to use 15 year old Christian Gandu in a game against NAC. However, the Dutch football federation KNVB had a rule saying that players needed to be "over 15", which after some discussion was interpreted as "at least 16" and not "15 years and one day".